The International Scope and Standards for Home Healthcare Nursing define the core attitudes, knowledge, skills, roles, responsibilities, and professional standards needed to deliver high-quality, equitable care in people's homes across diverse health systems.
We are pleased to announce that the American Nurses Association Board of Directors approved the publication on 15 September 2026. And the 120 page document will be published soon. This will be free open access to download and bound books will be available for purchase.
Thank you to all who contributed to this important project!
Dissemination of the research-based international scope and standards of home healthcare nursing practice continues.
• Kathy Duckett, Mary Narayan, and Susan Hinck will present EMR Designers: Can Help Home Healthcare Nurses Deliver Better Home Health Nursing Care on October 27 at the national H3IT conference in Washington D.C. USA.
IHCNO’s International Scope and Standards of Home Healthcare Nursing will be introduced as a resource to develop nurse-friendly and patient-centered EMR systems that help nurses provide better home health, home care, and hospice patient outcomes. Kathy Duckett is on the steering committee of the Scope and Standards of Practice and Chair of the IHCNO Membership Outreach Committee. Mary Narayan is the Chair of the IHCNO Scope & Standards Committee. They both serve on the IHCNO Board of Directors.
• IHCNO will present a research poster, Innovative Research to Promote Home Healthcare Equity Around the World at the Transcultural Nursing Society October 14-17, 2026, San Antonio, Texas, USA. The presentation will report on the 2 1/2-year research project that included hundreds of home healthcare nurses in 40 countries. Mary Narayan, Marilyn Harris, and Susan Hinck will attend this conference.
• Mary Narayan will represent IHCNO at the 2026 National Alliance for Care at Home Annual Meeting and Exposition with a poster presentation, Envisioning the Future of Home Healthcare Nursing, October 27-30 in Washington, D.C. USA.
The poster will present strategies derived from the international scope and standards of home healthcare nursing that can support and retain nurses dedicated to achieving the highest attainable patient health, well-being, and outcomes.
Save the Date!
Join us on Friday 13 November 2026, 9:00-10:00 AM EST (New York, USA) for an engaging live webinar:
'Enhanced Nursing Process: Thinking Critically in Home Healthcare Nursing'
Presented by Dr Mary Curry Narayan, PhD, RN, HHCNS-BC, CTN-A, FTNSS
During this interactive webinar, Dr Narayan will explore the steps of the Enhanced Nursing Process and how critical thinking can strengthen high-quality home healthcare nursing practice.
Can't attend live? The webinar will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing on the IHCNO website.
Registration details will be announced during the week commencing 12 October 2026.
